NCCIH director shares vision of whole person health
Photo Cred: Ridwan Meah/Unsplash By Bill Reddy, LAc, DiplAc Helene Langevin, MD, director of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), has a very specific vision of whole...
Read MoreHow the gut microbiome affects mood
Photo Cred: Castorly Stock/Pexels By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP Over two thousand years ago, Hippocrates famously declared that all disease begins in the gut. Although I do not aggressively start...
Read MorePromoting optimal eye health with traditional medicine
Photo Cred: Susan Duran/Unsplash By Melissa Carr, BSc, DrTCM In recent years, we’ve greatly increased our daily screen time with a growing reliance on smart phones and computers. With vision...
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Integrative support for unconventional sleep patterns
Photo Cred: Prostock-studio/Shutterstock By Catherine Darley, ND While society has largely adapted to the conveniences of a 24-hour lifestyle, there are tremendous implications to human health. Patients who commute work unconventional...
Read MoreGut microbiome links to autoimmune disease
Photo Cred: Nadine Primeau/Unsplash By Kellie Blake, RDN, LD, IFNCP I have personally struggled with an autoimmune disease for most of my life, so I completely understand the frustration many...
Read MoreImprove patient compliance by throwing logic out the window
Photo Cred: Polina Zimmerman/Pexels By Bill Reddy, LAc, DiplAc Patient non-compliance, now referred to as non-adherence in the medical literature, is a major source of angst among practitioners. Early in...
Read MoreWhat integrative practitioners need to know about pandemic insomnia
Photo Cred: Ben Blennerhassett/Unsplash By Catherine Darley, ND In the last six months, there have been a growing number of articles about “coronasomnia,” the insomnia seen during the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)...
Read MoreCommon errors practitioners make addressing gut microbiome imbalances
Photo Cred: Daily Nouri/Unsplash By Carolina Brooks, BA, IFMCP Many clinicians are starting to offer more integrative approaches to their patients. The biggest challenge I believe many practitioners face is...
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